EFE Road have announced plans for a new batch of their highly popular Leyland Titan buses in 1:76 Scale (OO Gauge), which have been out of the range for some time!

Four new variations have just been announced catering for these iconic double deckers in some new livery variations that have not been produced in the range before - including London & Country green, London Coaches red/white, London Forest 'Docklands Express' red and Kinch Bus blue/yellow.

The four new models are based on the Exclusive First Editions dual door Leyland Titan tooling. Each is finished in a highly detailed livery never before seen on an EFE Titan, and which represent their full-size counterparts as operating during the 1990s, both in and outside of London. We expect these to arrive in stock during Summer 2025.

Aside from these new Leyland Titans, we have also recently received into stock EFE Road's newly tooled range of Leyland Atlantean open top double decker 'Sea Dog' buses too! You can find these below.

The Leyland B15 project was conceived in 1971 as a modern replacement for aging bus types such as the Bristol VRT and Leyland’s own Atlantean. It was designed to incorporate the standardised and integral construction techniques so successfully employed on the Leyland National.

The design was heavily influenced by London Transport’s requirements, such as the option of dual and single door variants, and two of the five B15 prototypes were extensively tested in London. Production was initially carried out by Park Royal Vehicles, with the first Titan – as the B15 was known – entering service in August 1978. However, production was hampered by delays, including the closure of Park Royal and the transfer of production to Workington, which resulted in a number of Titan orders being cancelled. As a consequence, London Transport became almost the sole customer for the new bus.

The Titan would go on to serve the Capital for the next decade, with withdrawals commencing in 1992. Many were subsequently sold off to second users, with some 400 seeing service on Merseyside, while others ended up in different homes around the country. Many remained in London, although numbers depleted after privatisation, and most had disappeared from the Capital by the early 2000s.